“Mostly, Tucker said it won’t keep the Jaguars from implementing the wrinkles and changes being planned for next season, and it certainly won’t prevent the improvement Tucker said is expected and necessary from the defense in the coming season.

“I feel ultra-prepared,” Tucker said. “We used the time to do studies we needed to do, to analyze our system the way it needed to be analyzed. We went into great detail and asked the hard questions. Then, we took the time to listen to the response.”

The toughest questions, Tucker said, involved, “Why?’’ With more time to plan than normal off-seasons, Tucker said an extra effort was made to determine the reasons for the Jaguars’ defensive struggles in recent seasons.”

About Shane Clemons

Shane Clemons came from humble beginnings creating his own Jaguars blog before moving on to SBNation as a featured writer for the Jaguars. He then moved to Bloguin where he briefly covered the AFC South before taking over Bloguin's Jaguars blog. Since the inception of This Given Sunday, Shane has served as an editor for the site, doing his best not to mess up a good thing.